| Description | Harewood Mill Farm was established south of the River Wharf in the 2nd half of the 18th century as one of the several farms built by Edwin Lascelles (1713 95) on the Harewood Estate (PRN 4000). A mill is known to have been on the site since the medieval period (1269) although documentary evidence largely dates to the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1626 Christopher Moore drowned in the millrace and was later buried at All Saints churchyard (PRH). The complex was also illustrated on the 1698 Harewood Estate map as 2 single buildings with the title 'the mills' (WYAS WYL 250/3/33). It was in the mid 18th century, however, that the Lascelles established a farm on the site. It is a linear type with a farmhouse and associated buildings built adjacent to a road providing access to the farm and mill. The architecture is representative of the estate livery, though the farmhouse carries a Gothic tone associated with the early 19th century (also seen at the East Lodge (SE31998 45231)). It seems that little of the original farm has been lost (less than 25%), although various alterations have been made that has changed the character of some of the buildings.
The farmhouse is Grade II listed and is built in the south east of the complex. It was constructed using hammer dressed stone with a welsh blue slate roof, with 2 storeys and a pitched roof with oversailing eaves, most of which dates to the early 19th century. The garden front is of 3 bays with the 3rd bay seemingly earlier than the rest of the building. The rear entry has windows with small paned Gothic glazed sashes. The 1st 2 bays have windows with double chamfered surrounds. The north elevation is of 3 bays with the 2nd and 3rd breaking forward featuring 2 sets of windows on the ground and 1st floors with double chamfered surrounds and hoodmould. The inner return has a Tudor arched doorway with moulded surround and spandrels. The left hand return has a similar doorway with a stair window above, while the right hand return has a doorway with a stop chamfered surround.
To the west of the house is a barn, likely to have originally dated to the mid 18th century, but was later extended to the north. The original range was orientated on an east west alignment and was built of punch dressed sandstone with coped gables with corbelled kneelers (simple cavetto mouldings like Harewood Mill (PRN 9715)). In the west gable elevation there is a square window under the apex with a lintel carved with false voussoirs, screwbacks and a projecting sill. The roof would have originally been slated but appears to have been replaced with corrugated iron presumably at the same time as the rest of the barn. At some stage during the 19th century the barn was extended northwards, perpendicular to the original range, possibly with a central cart entry providing access to the larger barn space. This cannot be verified, however, as access was severely limited at the time of survey. The extension, built originally of punch dressed standstone, consisted of a central bay flanked on either side by single aisles likely to have been used to house livestock. This is indicated on the west elevation by a series of doorways similar in character to those in the large barn at New Laithe Farm (PRN 9559) though a 19th century double door was inserted on the southern end. The north elevation, meanwhile, has 5 bays with the 1st and 5th forming aisles. The central section has largely been replaced by wooden boarding although stone does survive to approximately 1.5m in some areas. This elevation also reveals that the aisles are likely to have been a later addition, once again in similarity to New Laithe.
The other main historic building on the site is Harewood Mill (PRN 9715). |